USF’s [re]Stitch Tampa Project Receives Commendation

From the University of South Florida (USF):

[re]Stitch Tampa—a design challenge originated by Assistant Professor Shannon Bassett—has received a Tampa City Council Commendation.

“This is a tremendous honor that lets us know there’s an appreciation for efforts that bring Tampa into the global design marketplace,” said Bassett. “The competition and all of the events surrounding it gave our students exposure to some of the greatest designers at work today and a wonderful introduction to the top levels of the profession.”

An internationally-renowned jury chose three winners who hailed from three continents: Europe, Asia and North America.

“The three equal winners were comprehensive and really addressed the framework of the competition, re-thinking how the city could be re-connected to its river and how the river could be brought into the city through connective landscape and storm water infrastructure as place-making,” said Bassett.

The first of the three winners, Mola + Winkelmueller Architekten GmbH BDA with Pablo Benitez Adame and Miguel Prados Sanchez, submitted “Re-StitchRe-sillience.” The second, “Stitches-Fabrics” was from Mumbai, India, Chris Webb +archyrsalis.  And the final winner, from New York City, Group Han Associates-Michael Chaveriat, Yikyu Choe, Myung Kweon Park, entered “Flowscape.”

All three presentations, as well as other submissions, can be viewed on the [re]Stitch Tampa website.

The project was paid for in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.